YouTube artificially slows down video load times when using Firefox

Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by mlindner on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:50AM (#38346133)

I still use adblockers perfectly fine on Youtube. There was never a real interruption in adblocking either. You just need ublock origin + bypass paywalls.

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by prmoustache on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:36AM (#38346567)

I think they only disabled adblockers to logged users probably because non logged users don't have to agree to terms of services.

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by jimcsharp on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:51AM (#38346712)

Blockers work with my throw away Google accounts that I use for this and that. So maybe it's restricted further still to very entrenched users.

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by mlindner on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:10AM (#38346870)

I'm always logged on and using adblockers. So no, that's not it. I also use Youtube probably every day and am a very active user.

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by busssard on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:23AM (#38346430)

ABP also still works just fine. I prefer the armsrace being taken care of someone else

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